I'm looking for good Filipino movies (in Tagalog, with English subtitles) that are not cheesy soap operas. Bonus points if available through Netflix. [more inside]
posted on Jun 15, 2008 - 10 answers 
Amazing movies of 2008? Has there been any? What have I missed?
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posted on May 23, 2008 - 38 answers
What is the font used for the title in this poster for Being John Malkovich? Details are welcome - light, bold, etc. Thanks.
posted on May 7, 2008 - 8 answers
Give me some suggestions for classic movies that my kids (ages 19 and 15) will enjoy. I have tried so hard [insert martyrdom here] to get them to appreciate the classics, but they mostly seem to react with "meh"... [more inside]
posted on Apr 20, 2008 - 60 answers
Where can I get the best subtitles for My Neighbour Totoro? [more inside]
posted on Apr 4, 2008 - 16 answers
Old Movie Filter: This is the question I joined MeFi to ask. I remember seeing a movie, on actual reels, when I was about seven at school. It has haunted me for the last twenty-two years. [more inside]
posted on Mar 18, 2008 - 17 answers
I know there is a movie version of The Stranger (l'Etranger), where can I order it online?
Also, is it any good, if you've seen it?
posted on Mar 14, 2008 - 3 answers
Two related questions about North Korea: (1) Can anyone point me to a distributor, collector, or other source of North Korean films, either on DVD/VHS or (ideally) on film? (2) How would I go about directing a letter there? [more inside]
posted on Oct 22, 2007 - 7 answers
Where are the best cinemas in Paris? [more inside]
posted on Sep 23, 2007 - 7 answers
Recommend me a film with a theme centering around a social justice issue. Preferably fictitious, or at least not a documentary (sorry Michael Moore fans). I realize that "social justice" is a loosely-defined term; basically, if the screenwriter is trying to make a point about a social justice issue, it's fair game. An archetypal example would be The Constant Gardener, but also acceptable would be movies along the lines of American History X, Crash, Children of Men or Gattaca. Thanks, green!
posted on Jul 24, 2007 - 46 answers
60's movie: Robert Swan? [more inside]
posted on Jul 23, 2007 - 2 answers
In light of the horrendously awful "I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry," are there any GOOD (i.e. both funny and non-homophobic) comedies about straight people either having to pretend they're gay or, more generally, about straight people slowly but surely letting go of their prejudices towards LGBT people? [more inside]
posted on Jul 19, 2007 - 43 answers
Is there an easy-to-use site that lists all movies, theatres and showtimes in NYC. Please, God, PLEASE don't say citysearch! [more inside]
posted on May 27, 2007 - 14 answers
OldMovieFilter: I'm trying to find a movie I saw a while back. It was from either the 1940's or 1950's. It was about three women trying to make it in a new city... [more inside]
posted on Feb 9, 2007 - 4 answers
Why is the CGI in Jurassic Park so good? Despite being nearly fifteen years old, it's no worse than that in The Lord of the Rings and King Kong, and certainly better than the recent Star Wars movies. [more inside]
posted on Jan 4, 2007 - 29 answers
How do I analyze the film "the rules of the game"? [more inside]
posted on Oct 19, 2006 - 14 answers
Moviefilter: Recommend some good films set in London? [more inside]
posted on Sep 15, 2006 - 38 answers
I'm fascinated by changes instigated by movie/tv test audiences. Any good way to find more (or confirm internet rumors)? [more inside]
posted on Aug 14, 2006 - 16 answers
What can we do to preserve the repertory movie-going experience in Montreal after the closing of Cinema Du Parc? [more inside]
posted on Jul 20, 2006 - 4 answers
Do you know this classic Russian (Soviet?) film? [more inside]
posted on Jul 3, 2006 - 11 answers
Movies similar to "twelve angry men" ?
posted on Jun 17, 2006 - 20 answers
Recommend some quality, crowd-pleasing films [more inside]
posted on May 7, 2006 - 21 answers
What are some good movies with musical numbers sung by the actors? [more inside]
posted on Mar 30, 2006 - 53 answers
Post-Matrix films?
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posted on Mar 9, 2006 - 47 answers
Where can I watch, or listen to, the Academy Awards live on the internet? [more inside]
posted on Mar 3, 2006 - 3 answers
In the original 1978 Superman movie Lex Luther plans to split apart the San Andreas fault-line using Nuclear armaments - the resulting explosion destined to send the entire Californian coastline and its inhabitants to murky ocean depths.
How much explosive force would be needed to cause any such kind of earthquake? And, using the San Andreas fault as a model, could Lex Luther's diabolic plan have any degree of success? [more inside]Please help me identify this short film. I saw it on PBS about 15 years ago. It involved a society where time was literally money, and this time was linked directly to your lifespan. [more inside]
posted on Nov 26, 2005 - 5 answers
Help me improve my film-watching skills... [more inside]
posted on Nov 5, 2005 - 38 answers
Name that Movie: Oceans of lava, people riding giant pillbugs, hot air balloons that might also be critters... [more inside]
posted on Sep 14, 2005 - 13 answers
Having exhausted the English-language scene, I'm wondering what foreign directors have catalogs worth going through. I've already taken a look at the works of Pedro Almodovar and Wong Kar Wai, and would love to know who else has earned the respect of Mefi cinephiles. Limit your answer to directors whose catalog is in bulk created after 1970, please.
posted on Aug 27, 2005 - 39 answers
Two directors whose work I greatly admire, François Girard and Whit Stillman, have been MIA for quite some time. Can someone tell me where either has been, what they've been doing since their last films and what their future plans are? I've heard whispers and seen snippets online, but am hoping some industry-savvy MeFi-ite can provide something more substantial. Is this a case of lack of profitability completely trumping quality and forcing these two out of the director's chair?
posted on Apr 20, 2005 - 4 answers
ZombieFilter: I have recently developed an interest in zombie movies. I'm having trouble finding a good list though; can anyone recommend some new ones I haven't seen yet? Preferably North American releases but any foreign suggestions are welcome too. [+]
posted on Feb 14, 2005 - 38 answers
Film Double Bill Suggestions. I'm putting together a season of double bills of great films. The double bills could be linked by actor, director, cinematographer, editor or genre, or they could be linked thematically - 2 films about childhood/set on a runaway train/sharing a common influence and so on. Anything goes, although both films must appeal to a broad audience, and should be generally recognisable as 'classics' of their type. What 2 films have you always wanted to see together?
posted on Dec 21, 2004 - 57 answers
Torontonians: Where can you rent art films on VHS these days? Generally Bay St. Video covers all my rental needs, but they only rent DVDs now, which is great for movies that are available on DVD, but less great for those that aren't. (+)
posted on Dec 7, 2004 - 14 answers
I'm trying to find the title of a movie about a child dying of cancer who's father gives him a wish (More inside)
posted on Dec 5, 2004 - 4 answers
It's obscure-songs-from-French-movies time! The film "Cléo de 5 à 7" has a haunting tune sung by Cleo about halfway through called "Without You", which I cannot elaborate on much further except that some of the lyrics are about an empty house and (I think) the wind blowing through it. Since the soundtrack does not seem to exist any longer, is there any way I can get my hands on it anymore? Has someone in subsequent years covered it?
posted on Nov 3, 2004 - 4 answers
A number of years ago (8? 10?) there was a relatively low budget movie version of The Fantastic Four made, only to be bought up, and never shown the light of day, awaiting a big-budget production in the future.
Has anyone stumbled across information of this aborted project, and does anyone know where some video of it exists (in a digital format)?
posted on Jul 2, 2004 - 7 answers
MovieFilter? - When a film shows a couple kissing, she often lifts her left leg up to make a right angle at the knee. Why? Does anyone actually do this in real life? Part of me expects it originally had some kind of euphamistic purpose, but my limited googling skills tell me nothing. Thoughts?
posted on Jun 16, 2004 - 9 answers
Kill Bill Vol. 2 question [spoilers inside]
posted on Apr 19, 2004 - 21 answers
Need help with a RIDICULOUSLY TRIVIAL but frustrating OBSESSION concerning the movie Dr. Zhivago and Richard Burton, the actor. (m.i.)
posted on Apr 14, 2004 - 16 answers
What are some good Korean movies? [more inside]
posted on Jan 10, 2004 - 16 answers
